Nominations for the fourth annual Mashable Awards (formerly known as Open Web Awards) are now open.
The idea behind the awards is to highlight the very best of social media and the web — from the top websites to the best social media campaigns. 21 of the 25 categories are now open, in which you can nominate a person, company, organization, app, device, gadget, video, url or technology. Four more categories yet to come.
You can nominate one category each day on Facebook or Twitter until nominations close on November 29, 2010.
The Official First 21 Categories
- 1. Best Location-Based Service
- 2. Best Social Media Service for Small Business
- 3. Best Music Discovery Service
- 4. Best Web Video
- 5. Best Online Game
- 6. Best New Gadget
- 7. Best Mobile Device
- 8. Best Mobile Game
- 9. Best Mobile Platform
- 10. Best Mobile User Experience
- 11. Best Website User Experience
- 12. Breakthrough Website Design
- 13. Best Use of an API
- 14. Best Social Media Management Tool
- 15. Most Creative Social Media Campaign
- 16. Most Creative Social Good Campaign
- 17. Must-Follow Personality
- 18. Must-Follow Brand
- 19. Must-Follow Non-Profit
- 20. Most Promising New Company
- 21. Entrepreneur of the Year
Renee Blodgett is the founder of We Blog the World. The site combines the magic of an online culture and travel magazine with a global blog network and has contributors from every continent in the world. Having lived in 10 countries and explored nearly 80, she is an avid traveler, and a lover, observer and participant in cultural diversity.
She is also the CEO and founder of Magic Sauce Media, a new media services consultancy focused on viral marketing, social media, branding, events and PR. For over 20 years, she has helped companies from 12 countries get traction in the market. Known for her global and organic approach to product and corporate launches, Renee practices what she pitches and as an active user of social media, she helps clients navigate digital waters from around the world. Renee has been blogging for over 16 years and regularly writes on her personal blog Down the Avenue, Huffington Post, BlogHer, We Blog the World and other sites. She was ranked #12 Social Media Influencer by Forbes Magazine and is listed as a new media influencer and game changer on various sites and books on the new media revolution. In 2013, she was listed as the 6th most influential woman in social media by Forbes Magazine on a Top 20 List.
Her passion for art, storytelling and photography led to the launch of Magic Sauce Photography, which is a visual extension of her writing, the result of which has led to producing six photo books: Galapagos Islands, London, South Africa, Rome, Urbanization and Ecuador.
Renee is also the co-founder of Traveling Geeks, an initiative that brings entrepreneurs, thought leaders, bloggers, creators, curators and influencers to other countries to share and learn from peers, governments, corporations, and the general public in order to educate, share, evaluate, and promote innovative technologies.
